Quotes About Compassion

Never join with your friend when he abuses his horse or his wife unless the one is to be sold, and the other to be buried.

Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

When we hurt each other we should write it down in the sand, so the winds of forgiveness can make it go away for good. When we help each other we should chisel it in stone, lest we never forget the love of a friend.

In times of difficulty friendship is on trial.

He who endures penance and hardships for another delights in that person's company.

There are moments in life when all that we can bear is the sense that our friend is near us; our wounds would wince at consoling words that would reveal the depths of our pain.

There is no hope or joy except in human relations.

Tis the human touch in the world that counts-the touch of your hand and mine-Which means far more to the sinking heart than shelter or bread or wine For shelter is gone when the night is o'er, and bread lasts only a day But the touch of the hand and the sound of the voice Live on in the soul always.

Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of getting out of one's self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.

There is nothing we like to see so much as the gleam of pleasure in a person's eye when he feels that we have sympathized with him, understood him, interested ourself in his welfare. At these moments something fine and spiritual passes between two friends. These moments are the moments worth living.

He does good to himself who does good to his friend.

Lead the life that will make you kindly and friendly to everyone about you, and you will be surprised what a happy life you will live.

The best rule of friendship is to keep your heart a little softer than your head.

Love your friend with his fault.

We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.

It is well there is no one without fault; for he would not have a friend in the world. He would seem to belong to a different species.

The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses.

Being considerate of others will take you and your children further in life than any college or professional degree.

Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.

We have no more right to put our discordant states of mind into the lives of those around us and rob them of their sunshine and brightness than we have to enter their houses and steal their silverware.

There is no man that imparteth his joys to his friends, but he joyeth the more; and no man that imparteth his griefs to his friends, but he grieveth the less.

The friend of my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.

1 loathe a friend ... who takes his friend's prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief.

Trouble shared is trouble halved.